Cookie is a children's novel written by English author Jacqueline Wilson, published in October 2008 by Doubleday.

[1][2] Despite her name, 11 year-old Beauty Cookson is a plain, timid girl who is nicknamed "ugly" by her peers at school, especially by her main bully, Skye.

Beauty's birthday is approaching and she is dreading it, however Gerry appears to turn over a new leaf and act like an ideal father.

Gerry arranges a birthday feast and organizes tickets for all of the girls in her class to see a stage show called 'Birthday Bonanza', with a chauffeur-driven limousine to escort them there.

They find their way to an idyllic seaside resort run by a kind older man named Mike, a painter who takes Dilly on as a breakfast chef in his B&B.

Gerry tracks them down, and yells at them in front of the customers at the café, even going as far as to accuse Dilly of having an affair with Mike and then punches him in the nose, before driving off.

At school she makes friends and is nicknamed the Cookie Girl, but still keeps in touch with Rhona by writing letters.

Beauty is asked to go on 'Watchbox', a talent show that Skye wanted to be on, due to the rise in popularity of her mother's cookies.